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>>GERRY: DOWNTOWN EVANSVILLE IS
UNDERGOING A MAJOR
TRANSFORMATION THAT INCLUDES THE
$70 MILLION STONE FAMILY CENTER

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FOR HEALTH SCIENCES, A $66
MILLION 4,700 SEAT ARENA FOR THE
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN INDIANA
AND AN $18 MILLION 139-ROOM

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HYATT PLACE HOTEL.
>>GERRY: CONSTRUCTION IS
UNDERWAY ON THE $300 MILLION
BOTTLEWORKS DISTRICT ON THE

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NORTH END OF MASS AVENUE IN
DOWNTOWN INDIANAPOLIS.
THE PROJECT INVOLVES
TRANSFORMING 1.5

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MILLION-SQUARE-FEET OF THE
FORMER COCA-COLA BOTTLING PLANT
INTO A MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT
THAT INCLUDES A FOOD HALL,

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BOUTIQUE HOTEL AND CINEMA.
AND FOR THE LATEST ON
BOTTLEWORK'S PROGRESS, LET'S
TALK WITH HENDRICKS COMMERCIAL

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PROPERTIES VICE PRESIDENT OF
DEVELOPMENT ISAAC BAMGBOSE.
AS I WAS WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM.
>> GOOD TO BE BACK.

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>> A PROJECT WITH A LOT OF
MOVING PARTS AND I KNOW YOU WANT
TO CREATE A LOT OF WHILE FACTOR
THIS PROJECT AND MAKE IT A

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DESTINATION.
>> ABSOLUTELY THAT'S WHY RIGHT
NOW WE ARE WORKING ON DELIVERING
THE FIRST PHASE OF THE PROJECT

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AND THIS WILL BE A
TRANSFORMATIVE PROJECT NOT JUST
FOR MASS AVENUE BUT THE ENTIRE
CITY SO IT STARTS WITH THE

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HISTORY AND THE CHARACTER THAT
THIS PROJECT BRINGS WITH THAT
COCA-COLA BOTTLING PLANT.
THIS WAS THE WORLD'S LARGEST

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BOTTLING PLANT AT SOME POINT IN
THE HEYDAY SO BRINGING BACK THE
HISTORY IN TERMS OF A LEGACY AND
CREATING A LEGACY AND THAT

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STARTS WITH BEING ABLE TO
ATTRACT THE BEST TALENT SO THERE
WILL BE A HOTEL A FOOD HALL,
HIGH TECH OFFICE SPACE, HIGH

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ALPHA US SIGNED UP SO THEY WILL
BE JOINING THIS PROJECT AS WELL
AS A CINEMA AND QUITE A BIT OF
RETAIL.

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>> LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS
TENANTS YOU MENTIONED THE WEST
ELM BOUTIQUE HOTEL SIX IN THE
CHAIN.

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THIS IS THE FIRST ONE.
>> SO SUMMER OF 2020 WE WILL
DELIVER THE FIRST HOTEL SO WE
ARE EXCITED.

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>> OFFICE SPACE IS KEY AND A
CERTAIN TYPE OF TENANT.
YOU'VE GOT TO REALLY TECH SAVVY
COMPANY WITH A COOL VIBE RIGHT

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NOW HIGH ALPHA.
VENTURE STUDIO, WHICH IS DOING
GREAT THINGS CONTINUING TO
LAUNCH COMPANIES THEY WILL HAVE

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THEIR CORPORATE OFFICES THERE.
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
THEY WILL BE THE FIRST OF ITS
TENANT, WHICH IS HUGE.

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THOSE GUYS WILL BE BRINGING IN
GREAT TALENT AND WITH EVERYTHING
HAPPENING ON MASS AVENUE WITH --
WE THINK IT WILL BE A GREAT

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SPACE FOR THEM IN TERMS OF NOT
JUST ATTRACTING TALENT AND
HELPING FURTHER BUILD THE
ECOSYSTEM AND TECH ECOSYSTEM IN

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INDIANAPOLIS AND INDIANA, BUT
HELP RETAIN BECAUSE HAVING THOSE
OPTIONS ARE KEY.
SO WE WILL HAVE LOTS OF THOSE.

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>> YOUR COMPANY HENDRIX
COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES BASED IN
WISCONSIN YOU THINK A LOT ABOUT
INDIANAPOLIS.

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IN THE IRONWORKS INDY HOTEL AND
THE LARGER IRONWORKS PROJECT ON
THE NORTH SIDE IN ADDITION TO
THE COCA-COLA INVESTMENT SO YOU

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ARE BULLISH ON INDIANAPOLIS.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
WE FEEL INDIANAPOLIS AND INDIANA
AS A WHOLE HAS GREAT MARKET

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FUNDAMENTALS GREAT HIGHER
EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS AND JUST
THERE'S AN ENERGY SO WE WANT TO
BE PART OF THAT ENERGY AND WE

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WANT TO BE CATALYTIC TO THAT
ENERGY AS WELL SO WE ARE HAPPY
TO BE HERE AND LOOK FORWARD TO
BEING HERE FOR A WHILE.

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>> WHAT WILL BE THE KEY IS TO
THE PROJECTS REACHING ITS IN
YOUR VIEW ITS POTENTIAL?
>> TALENT ON VARIOUS LEVELS.

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TALENT TO FILL THE JOBS THAT ARE
GOING TO BE IN COMPANIES
OPERATING WHETHER ON THE
HOSPITALITY SIDE ALL THE WAY TO

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THE HIGH-TECH SIDE BUT AT THE
SAME TIME TALENT FROM AN
ENTERTAINMENT STANDPOINT IN THE
FOOD AND BEVERAGE STANDPOINT SO

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WORKING VERY SELECTIVE INPATIENT
IN WHO WE BRING TO THIS PROJECT
SO SO FAR SO GOOD AND WE LOOK
FORWARD TO ANNOUNCING SOME

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PRETTY EXCITING PARTNERS PART OF
THIS PROJECT.
>> YOU MENTIONED HOSPITALITY
SO YOU WILL CREATE AN INSTITUTE,

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A TRAINING FACILITY FOR FOLKS
WHO WANT TO ENGAGE AND GET INTO
THAT SECTOR.
>> ABSOLUTELY.

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IT'S A KEY PART OF WHAT WEST ELM
DOES AND WHY WE WERE SO EXCITED
TO PARTNER WITH THEM THEY REALLY
BECOME A PART OF THE COMMUNITY

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THAT WAY AND REALLY SHOWING
THERE IS OPPORTUNITY IN
DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES IT'S NOT
JUST ONE SEGMENT, BUT YOU HAVE

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OPPORTUNITIES IN NUMEROUS
DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES.
>> ISAAC BAMGBOSE, THANKS VERY
MUCH.